Heather Sheardown Ph.D. is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University. She is also the Scientific Director of the C20/20 Innovation Hub and holds a cross-­appointment with the School of Optometry at the University of Waterloo.

Sheardown is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, and the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials and Engineering. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ophthalmic Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Systems. She has gained an international reputation for her research on ophthalmic biomaterials, including her innovative work on the development of new materials for artificial cornea and ophthalmic drug delivery.

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  Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) in 20/20 OptimEyes Technologies

  REVOLUTIONIZING MUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY